Scanning old photos


It’s a friend’s 70th birthday on Saturday, and over the last few weeks David and I have been scanning, editing and doing major photo work, it’s been fun and I’m going to do it with all our family photos.

It’s prudent I think now days to have another copy of your life in photos brought into the 20th century i.e.: scanned and then put onto DVD.

At least you can preserve 40 year old photos i.e. my childhood more orange colour Polaroid’s and bring them back to life.

We have collated all 70 years of Johns (Hoppy) life, family, jobs, children, graduations and grandchildren!  In a way I feel like I have known him all my life.

Only fair that I should post a few scanned photos of myself and Dave as a child. Photography differs greatly nowadays to say 40, 50 years ago as you can see!




I love how my mum missed most of the dolls pram I was pushing, but included the whole of the china cabinet, funnily enough still in the very same place 40 years on! And got a lovely flash reflection in the top corner. That sort of photo taken today would have been deleted before downloading and another 10 taken just to make sure.

Interesting how eight trees, four concrete ornaments and a whole load of grass feature most in this photo of David.

Alexander had a pirate day at kindy last week.

Alexander likes to use my old camera, just like his Mummy!

Ok rule number 1 - when your son asks you for a JI Joe hair cut, you don't try and do it yourself at 7pm (his bedtime)

rule number 2 - always listen to your hairdresser! She IS right, and she can do it better.

rule number 3 - follow rule number 2 always!

It's not all that often I get any sort of art work or collage that Alexander has made at Kindy. He prefers to play outside or with the cars etc than sit down and do anything arty, so I was thrilled with this helicopter he made using the hot glue gun of all things!!!!
The yellow picture in the background is of the transformers. (The red and blue one is Optimus prime, the black one is Blackout and I forget who the other one is)

It was not all that long ago that I could tell you most of the trains from Thomas and Friends, now I have to know and recite for Alexander who the Transformers are, and these rather odd ones from Ben 10 who I've got no idea about!